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Gnu Make and z/OS USS make

Hi all. 1) We have a need for Makefiles to build C++ on both z/OS USS and a Linux platform. Is it advisable to use gnu make on z/OS USS in order to keep our makefiles common ? 2) If the Makefiles are common, then some steps in the Makefiles, would still be conditional to the platform. Can we do that by steps that are similar to condit...

USS C++ socket programming and _OE_SOCKETS

Hi there, I'm currently porting an app on MVS using the USS interface. I'm facing an issue compiling (using c++ compiler) the following program: #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1 #define _OE_SOCKETS #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <arpa/inet.h> int main() { struct in_addr add; int sd ...

Connecting to DB2 from USS on z/OS mainframe

I am writing a C program in Unix System Services on a z/OS mainframe. One of the requirements is to get a sequence number from a DB2 database residing on the same mainframe. Not having DB2 Connect available, I'm wondering what my options might be. I can open a socket on port 50000 (the default DB2 port), but, from the IBM documentation I...

HTML/XHTML TEL: and USSD String

Hi All I'm trying to get the <a href='tel:*120*5xxxx#' /> to work but it does nto like the ussd part ?? Is there a way to use tel: with a ussd string ? PS. xxxx above represents numeric value's and yes i have tried urlencoding. ...